By Marcia Coyle | April 6, 2021
Latham & Watkins, making a significant financial commitment and dedicating more resources, has formalized a partnership with the Appellate Project, a new initiative to create appellate practice opportunities for law students of color.
By Karen Sloan | March 31, 2021
Four of the 11 judicial nominees the White House unveiled Tuesday graduated from non-elite law schools. Scholars have long noted the dominance of top law schools such as Harvard and Yale on the federal bench.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 30, 2021
"This list powerfully affirms that nominees who are racially diverse and whose professional background reflects a broad range of practice are available to serve on the federal bench," said Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP LDF.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 30, 2021
Biden's first slate of judges include a number of historic picks, including a nominee to be the first Muslim American judge appointed in the U.S.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | March 25, 2021
"I feel there's a cost when voices are missing from the room," one judge testified. "That cost is not theoretical. It is real. Diversity makes for a better judiciary, and that in turn helps fulfill our promise of justice for all."
By Karen Sloan | March 25, 2021
Legal educators are decrying what they see as multiple missteps by U.S. News & World Report in its handling of the upcoming law school rankings.
By Karen Sloan | March 24, 2021
A record number of first-ever Black editors-in-chief of flagship law reviews will likely prompt more diverse law students to seek leadership roles and will help expand the authors and topics that get published.
By Karen Sloan | March 23, 2021
Minority faculty at the City University of New York School of Law in December asked outgoing dean Mary Lu Bilek to publicly disclose a racism controversy that had been festering behind closed doors.
By Alaina Lancaster | March 19, 2021
The order could be a signpost for rulings in several similar shareholder derivative suits filed in the last year seeking court orders compelling companies such as Oracle, Qualcomm and Cisco to diversify their leadership and board structures.
By Patrick Smith | March 19, 2021
"That we are now grieving lives lost was too easy to predict," Akin Gump chairwoman Kim Koopersmith said.
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